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Chords of orwell

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Below are listed the dyadic chords of 11-limit orwell temperament. Typing the chords requires consideration of the fact that orwell equates certain 11 odd limit consonances--it conflates 14/11 and 9/7, 11/7 and 14/9, 12/11 and 11/10, and 11/6 and 20/11. If a transversal can be found which shows the chord to be essentially just, that transversal is listed along with a typing as otonal, utonal, or ambitonal. If the chord is essentially tempered, it is analyzed in terms of the transversal which employs 9/7 and 11/10 and their inversions. Those requiring tempering only by 225/224 are labeled marvel, by 99/98 mothwellsmic, by 121/120 biyatismic, by 176/175 valinorsmic, by 385/384 keenanismic, and by 540/539 swetismic. If it requires any two of 99/98, 176/175 and 225/224, it is labeled minerva, any two of 99/98, 121/120 or 540/539, big brother, any two of 121/120, 176/175 or 385/384, zeus, any two of 225/224, 385/384 or 540/539, unimarvel. If it requires both 99/98 and 385/384 it is labeled orwellian, and if it requires three independent commas among those discussed above, it is labeled orwell. Orwell has MOS of size 5, 9, 13, 22 and 31. The complaint is often made that orwell is lacking in low-complexity harmonies; however, even the orwell pentatonic has three triads and a tetrad, the nine note MOS is of course much better supplied and with thirteen notes we are rolling in chords and tossing them in the air, finding plenty of chords including even the inexorable major triad.

For diagrams showing how some of these chords might map to a keyboard such as the Axis-49, see Orwell on an Isomorphic Keyboard.

Triads

Number
 Chord
 Transversal
 Type
1
 0-1-2
 1-7/6-11/8
 mothwellsmic
2
 0-1-3
 1-7/6-8/5
 keenanismic
3
 0-2-3
 1-11/8-8/5
 keenanismic
4
 0-2-5
 1-11/8-11/10
 utonal
5
 0-3-5
 1-8/5-11/10
 otonal
6
 0-1-6
 1-7/6-14/11
 utonal
7
 0-3-6
 1-8/5-9/7
 marvel
8
 0-5-6
 1-12/11-14/11
 otonal
9
 0-1-7
 1-7/6-3/2
 otonal
10
 0-2-7
 1-11/8-3/2
 otonal
11
 0-5-7
 1-12/11-3/2
 utonal
12
 0-6-7
 1-9/7-3/2
 utonal
13
 0-1-8
 1-7/6-7/4
 utonal
14
 0-2-8
 1-11/8-7/4
 otonal
15
 0-3-8
 1-8/5-7/4
 valinorsmic
16
 0-5-8
 1-11/10-7/4
 valinorsmic
17
 0-6-8
 1-14/11-7/4
 utonal
18
 0-7-8
 1-3/2-7/4
 otonal
19
 0-2-10
 1-11/8-6/5
 keenanismic
20
 0-3-10
 1-8/5-6/5
 otonal
21
 0-5-10
 1-11/10-6/5
 otonal
22
 0-7-10
 1-3/2-6/5
 utonal
23
 0-8-10
 1-7/4-6/5
 keenanismic
24
 0-1-11
 1-7/6-7/5
 utonal
25
 0-3-11
 1-8/5-7/5
 otonal
26
 0-5-11
 1-11/10-7/5
 otonal
27
 0-6-11
 1-14/11-7/5
 utonal
28
 0-8-11
 1-7/4-7/5
 utonal
29
 0-10-11
 1-6/5-7/5
 otonal
30
 0-1-12
 1-7/6-18/11
 swetismic
31
 0-2-12
 1-11/8-18/11
 biyatismic
32
 0-5-12
 1-12/11-18/11
 otonal
33
 0-6-12
 1-9/7-18/11
 utonal
34
 0-7-12
 1-3/2-18/11
 utonal
35
 0-10-12
 1-6/5-18/11
 biyatismic
36
 0-11-12
 1-7/5-18/11
 swetismic
37
 0-2-14
 1-11/8-9/8
 otonal
38
 0-3-14
 1-8/5-9/8
 marvel
39
 0-6-14
 1-9/7-9/8
 utonal
40
 0-7-14
 1-3/2-9/8
 ambitonal
41
 0-8-14
 1-7/4-9/8
 otonal
42
 0-11-14
 1-7/5-9/8
 marvel
43
 0-12-14
 1-18/11-9/8
 utonal
44
 0-3-17
 1-8/5-9/5
 otonal
45
 0-5-17
 1-11/10-9/5
 otonal
46
 0-6-17
 1-9/7-9/5
 utonal
47
 0-7-17
 1-3/2-9/5
 utonal
48
 0-10-17
 1-6/5-9/5
 otonal
49
 0-11-17
 1-7/5-9/5
 otonal
50
 0-12-17
 1-18/11-9/5
 utonal
51
 0-14-17
 1-9/8-9/5
 utonal

Tetrads

Number
 Chord
 Transversal
 Type
1
 0-1-2-3
 1-7/6-11/8-8/5
 orwellian
2
 0-2-3-5
 1-11/8-8/5-11/10
 keenanismic
3
 0-1-3-6
 1-7/6-8/5-9/7
 unimarvel
4
 0-3-5-6
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7
 unimarvel
5
 0-1-2-7
 1-7/6-11/8-3/2
 big brother
6
 0-2-5-7
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2
 biyatismic
7
 0-1-6-7
 1-7/6-9/7-3/2
 swetismic
8
 0-5-6-7
 1-11/10-9/7-3/2
 big brother
9
 0-1-2-8
 1-7/6-11/8-7/4
 mothwellsmic
10
 0-1-3-8
 1-7/6-8/5-7/4
 zeus
11
 0-2-3-8
 1-11/8-8/5-7/4
 orwell
12
 0-2-5-8
 1-11/8-11/10-7/4
 minerva
13
 0-3-5-8
 1-8/5-11/10-7/4
 valinorsmic
14
 0-1-6-8
 1-7/6-14/11-7/4
 utonal
15
 0-3-6-8
 1-8/5-9/7-7/4
 minerva
16
 0-5-6-8
 1-11/10-9/7-7/4
 orwell
17
 0-1-7-8
 1-7/6-3/2-7/4
 ambitonal
18
 0-2-7-8
 1-11/8-3/2-7/4
 otonal
19
 0-5-7-8
 1-11/10-3/2-7/4
 zeus
20
 0-6-7-8
 1-9/7-3/2-7/4
 mothwellsmic
21
 0-2-3-10
 1-11/8-8/5-6/5
 keenanismic
22
 0-2-5-10
 1-11/8-11/10-6/5
 zeus
23
 0-3-5-10
 1-8/5-11/10-6/5
 otonal
24
 0-2-7-10
 1-11/8-3/2-6/5
 zeus
25
 0-5-7-10
 1-12/11-3/2-6/5
 utonal
26
 0-2-8-10
 1-11/8-7/4-6/5
 orwellian
27
 0-3-8-10
 1-8/5-7/4-6/5
 zeus
28
 0-5-8-10
 1-11/10-7/4-6/5
 zeus
29
 0-7-8-10
 1-3/2-7/4-6/5
 keenanismic
30
 0-1-3-11
 1-7/6-8/5-7/5
 keenanismic
31
 0-3-5-11
 1-8/5-11/10-7/5
 otonal
32
 0-1-6-11
 1-7/6-14/11-7/5
 utonal
33
 0-3-6-11
 1-8/5-9/7-7/5
 minerva
34
 0-5-6-11
 1-11/10-9/7-7/5
 big brother
35
 0-1-8-11
 1-7/6-7/4-7/5
 utonal
36
 0-3-8-11
 1-8/5-7/4-7/5
 valinorsmic
37
 0-5-8-11
 1-11/10-7/4-7/5
 minerva
38
 0-6-8-11
 1-14/11-7/4-7/5
 utonal
39
 0-3-10-11
 1-8/5-6/5-7/5
 otonal
40
 0-5-10-11
 1-11/10-6/5-7/5
 otonal
41
 0-8-10-11
 1-7/4-6/5-7/5
 keenanismic
42
 0-1-2-12
 1-7/6-11/8-18/11
 big brother
43
 0-2-5-12
 1-11/8-11/10-18/11
 biyatismic
44
 0-1-6-12
 1-7/6-9/7-18/11
 big brother
45
 0-5-6-12
 1-12/11-14/11-18/11
 otonal
46
 0-1-7-12
 1-7/6-3/2-18/11
 big brother
47
 0-2-7-12
 1-11/8-3/2-18/11
 biyatismic
48
 0-5-7-12
 1-12/11-3/2-18/11
 ambitonal
49
 0-6-7-12
 1-9/7-3/2-18/11
 utonal
50
 0-2-10-12
 1-11/8-6/5-18/11
 zeus
51
 0-5-10-12
 1-11/10-6/5-18/11
 biyatismic
52
 0-7-10-12
 1-3/2-6/5-18/11
 biyatismic
53
 0-1-11-12
 1-7/6-7/5-18/11
 swetismic
54
 0-5-11-12
 1-11/10-7/5-18/11
 big brother
55
 0-6-11-12
 1-9/7-7/5-18/11
 big brother
56
 0-10-11-12
 1-6/5-7/5-18/11
 big brother
57
 0-2-3-14
 1-11/8-8/5-9/8
 unimarvel
58
 0-3-6-14
 1-8/5-9/7-9/8
 marvel
59
 0-2-7-14
 1-11/8-3/2-9/8
 otonal
60
 0-6-7-14
 1-9/7-3/2-9/8
 utonal
61
 0-2-8-14
 1-11/8-7/4-9/8
 otonal
62
 0-3-8-14
 1-8/5-7/4-9/8
 minerva
63
 0-6-8-14
 1-9/7-7/4-9/8
 mothwellsmic
64
 0-7-8-14
 1-3/2-7/4-9/8
 otonal
65
 0-3-11-14
 1-8/5-7/5-9/8
 marvel
66
 0-6-11-14
 1-9/7-7/5-9/8
 minerva
67
 0-8-11-14
 1-7/4-7/5-9/8
 marvel
68
 0-2-12-14
 1-11/8-18/11-9/8
 biyatismic
69
 0-6-12-14
 1-9/7-18/11-9/8
 utonal
70
 0-7-12-14
 1-3/2-18/11-9/8
 utonal
71
 0-11-12-14
 1-7/5-18/11-9/8
 unimarvel
72
 0-3-5-17
 1-8/5-11/10-9/5
 otonal
73
 0-3-6-17
 1-8/5-9/7-9/5
 marvel
74
 0-5-6-17
 1-11/10-9/7-9/5
 swetismic
75
 0-5-7-17
 1-11/10-3/2-9/5
 biyatismic
76
 0-6-7-17
 1-9/7-3/2-9/5
 utonal
77
 0-3-10-17
 1-8/5-6/5-9/5
 otonal
78
 0-5-10-17
 1-11/10-6/5-9/5
 otonal
79
 0-7-10-17
 1-3/2-6/5-9/5
 ambitonal
80
 0-3-11-17
 1-8/5-7/5-9/5
 otonal
81
 0-5-11-17
 1-11/10-7/5-9/5
 otonal
82
 0-6-11-17
 1-9/7-7/5-9/5
 mothwellsmic
83
 0-10-11-17
 1-6/5-7/5-9/5
 otonal
84
 0-5-12-17
 1-11/10-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
85
 0-6-12-17
 1-9/7-18/11-9/5
 utonal
86
 0-7-12-17
 1-3/2-18/11-9/5
 utonal
87
 0-10-12-17
 1-6/5-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
88
 0-11-12-17
 1-7/5-18/11-9/5
 swetismic
89
 0-3-14-17
 1-8/5-9/8-9/5
 marvel
90
 0-6-14-17
 1-9/7-9/8-9/5
 utonal
91
 0-7-14-17
 1-3/2-9/8-9/5
 utonal
92
 0-11-14-17
 1-7/5-9/8-9/5
 marvel
93
 0-12-14-17
 1-18/11-9/8-9/5
 utonal

Pentads

Number
 Chord
 Transversal
 Type
1
 0-1-2-3-8
 1-7/6-11/8-8/5-7/4
 orwell
2
 0-2-3-5-8
 1-11/8-8/5-11/10-7/4
 orwell
3
 0-1-3-6-8
 1-7/6-8/5-9/7-7/4
 orwell
4
 0-3-5-6-8
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7-7/4
 orwell
5
 0-1-2-7-8
 1-7/6-11/8-3/2-7/4
 big brother
6
 0-2-5-7-8
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2-7/4
 orwell
7
 0-1-6-7-8
 1-7/6-9/7-3/2-7/4
 big brother
8
 0-5-6-7-8
 1-11/10-9/7-3/2-7/4
 orwell
9
 0-2-3-5-10
 1-11/8-8/5-11/10-6/5
 zeus
10
 0-2-5-7-10
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2-6/5
 zeus
11
 0-2-3-8-10
 1-11/8-8/5-7/4-6/5
 orwell
12
 0-2-5-8-10
 1-11/8-11/10-7/4-6/5
 orwell
13
 0-3-5-8-10
 1-8/5-11/10-7/4-6/5
 zeus
14
 0-2-7-8-10
 1-11/8-3/2-7/4-6/5
 orwell
15
 0-5-7-8-10
 1-11/10-3/2-7/4-6/5
 zeus
16
 0-1-3-6-11
 1-7/6-8/5-9/7-7/5
 orwell
17
 0-3-5-6-11
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7-7/5
 orwell
18
 0-1-3-8-11
 1-7/6-8/5-7/4-7/5
 zeus
19
 0-3-5-8-11
 1-8/5-11/10-7/4-7/5
 minerva
20
 0-1-6-8-11
 1-7/6-14/11-7/4-7/5
 utonal
21
 0-3-6-8-11
 1-8/5-9/7-7/4-7/5
 minerva
22
 0-5-6-8-11
 1-11/10-9/7-7/4-7/5
 orwell
23
 0-3-5-10-11
 1-8/5-11/10-6/5-7/5
 otonal
24
 0-3-8-10-11
 1-8/5-7/4-6/5-7/5
 zeus
25
 0-5-8-10-11
 1-11/10-7/4-6/5-7/5
 orwell
26
 0-1-2-7-12
 1-7/6-11/8-3/2-18/11
 big brother
27
 0-2-5-7-12
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2-18/11
 biyatismic
28
 0-1-6-7-12
 1-7/6-9/7-3/2-18/11
 big brother
29
 0-5-6-7-12
 1-11/10-9/7-3/2-18/11
 big brother
30
 0-2-5-10-12
 1-11/8-11/10-6/5-18/11
 zeus
31
 0-2-7-10-12
 1-11/8-3/2-6/5-18/11
 zeus
32
 0-5-7-10-12
 1-11/10-3/2-6/5-18/11
 biyatismic
33
 0-1-6-11-12
 1-7/6-9/7-7/5-18/11
 big brother
34
 0-5-6-11-12
 1-11/10-9/7-7/5-18/11
 big brother
35
 0-5-10-11-12
 1-11/10-6/5-7/5-18/11
 big brother
36
 0-2-3-8-14
 1-11/8-8/5-7/4-9/8
 orwell
37
 0-3-6-8-14
 1-8/5-9/7-7/4-9/8
 minerva
38
 0-2-7-8-14
 1-11/8-3/2-7/4-9/8
 otonal
39
 0-6-7-8-14
 1-9/7-3/2-7/4-9/8
 mothwellsmic
40
 0-3-6-11-14
 1-8/5-9/7-7/5-9/8
 minerva
41
 0-3-8-11-14
 1-8/5-7/4-7/5-9/8
 minerva
42
 0-6-8-11-14
 1-9/7-7/4-7/5-9/8
 minerva
43
 0-2-7-12-14
 1-11/8-3/2-18/11-9/8
 biyatismic
44
 0-6-7-12-14
 1-9/7-3/2-18/11-9/8
 utonal
45
 0-6-11-12-14
 1-9/7-7/5-18/11-9/8
 orwell
46
 0-3-5-6-17
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7-9/5
 unimarvel
47
 0-5-6-7-17
 1-11/10-9/7-3/2-9/5
 big brother
48
 0-3-5-10-17
 1-8/5-11/10-6/5-9/5
 otonal
49
 0-5-7-10-17
 1-11/10-3/2-6/5-9/5
 biyatismic
50
 0-3-5-11-17
 1-8/5-11/10-7/5-9/5
 otonal
51
 0-3-6-11-17
 1-8/5-9/7-7/5-9/5
 minerva
52
 0-5-6-11-17
 1-11/10-9/7-7/5-9/5
 big brother
53
 0-3-10-11-17
 1-8/5-6/5-7/5-9/5
 otonal
54
 0-5-10-11-17
 1-11/10-6/5-7/5-9/5
 otonal
55
 0-5-6-12-17
 1-11/10-9/7-18/11-9/5
 big brother
56
 0-5-7-12-17
 1-11/10-3/2-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
57
 0-6-7-12-17
 1-9/7-3/2-18/11-9/5
 utonal
58
 0-5-10-12-17
 1-11/10-6/5-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
59
 0-7-10-12-17
 1-3/2-6/5-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
60
 0-5-11-12-17
 1-11/10-7/5-18/11-9/5
 big brother
61
 0-6-11-12-17
 1-9/7-7/5-18/11-9/5
 big brother
62
 0-10-11-12-17
 1-6/5-7/5-18/11-9/5
 big brother
63
 0-3-6-14-17
 1-8/5-9/7-9/8-9/5
 marvel
64
 0-6-7-14-17
 1-9/7-3/2-9/8-9/5
 utonal
65
 0-3-11-14-17
 1-8/5-7/5-9/8-9/5
 marvel
66
 0-6-11-14-17
 1-9/7-7/5-9/8-9/5
 minerva
67
 0-6-12-14-17
 1-9/7-18/11-9/8-9/5
 utonal
68
 0-7-12-14-17
 1-3/2-18/11-9/8-9/5
 utonal
69
 0-11-12-14-17
 1-7/5-18/11-9/8-9/5
 unimarvel

Hexads

Number
 Chord
 Transversal
 Type
1
 0-2-3-5-8-10
 1-11/8-8/5-11/10-7/4-6/5
 orwell
2
 0-2-5-7-8-10
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2-7/4-6/5
 orwell
3
 0-1-3-6-8-11
 1-7/6-8/5-9/7-7/4-7/5
 orwell
4
 0-3-5-6-8-11
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7-7/4-7/5
 orwell
5
 0-3-5-8-10-11
 1-8/5-11/10-7/4-6/5-7/5
 orwell
6
 0-2-5-7-10-12
 1-11/8-11/10-3/2-6/5-18/11
 zeus
7
 0-3-6-8-11-14
 1-8/5-9/7-7/4-7/5-9/8
 minerva
8
 0-3-5-6-11-17
 1-8/5-11/10-9/7-7/5-9/5
 orwell
9
 0-3-5-10-11-17
 1-8/5-11/10-6/5-7/5-9/5
 otonal
10
 0-5-6-7-12-17
 1-11/10-9/7-3/2-18/11-9/5
 big brother
11
 0-5-7-10-12-17
 1-11/10-3/2-6/5-18/11-9/5
 biyatismic
12
 0-5-6-11-12-17
 1-11/10-9/7-7/5-18/11-9/5
 big brother
13
 0-5-10-11-12-17
 1-11/10-6/5-7/5-18/11-9/5
 big brother
14
 0-3-6-11-14-17
 1-8/5-9/7-7/5-9/8-9/5
 minerva
15
 0-6-7-12-14-17
 1-9/7-3/2-18/11-9/8-9/5
 utonal
16
 0-6-11-12-14-17
 1-9/7-7/5-18/11-9/8-9/5
 orwell